Rabbits

Question 1

How are “Lagomorphs” distinguished from rodents?

Answer 1

Their incisor teeth.

Question 2

What percentage of research rabbits were covered research animals in 2018 by the USDA?

Answer 2

17%

Question 3

How are rabbits used as an animal model?

Answer 3

Easy access and large blood volume, Disease (atherosclerosis), antibody production, orthopedic studies, and serves as a host organism for parasite reproduction.

Question 4

How are rabbits classified?

Answer 4

Class: Mammalia, Order: Lagamorpha, Family: Leporidae

Question 5

How are rabbits injected?

Answer 5

Rabbits blood is taken from ears for small collection in the marginal vein, and the auricular artery for large blood collection, subcutaneous, i.p., and quad and lumbar muscles for (IM) injections.

Question 6

What diet do rabbits have?

Answer 6

They have a high fiber diet, their cecum can hold 10 times the volume of the stomach, the mostly eat at dawn/dusk, and no gallbladder.

Question 7

How are rabbits cecotrophic?

Answer 7

The eat their night feces (soft, wet, star shaped) that is high in nitrogen and vitamin B.

Question 8

How are rabbits restrained?

Answer 8

They can easily fracture their spines, they need to have their neck scruffed, weight supported, and eyes covered.

Question 9

Compare and contrast male and female rabbits:

Answer 9

Males have a penis that will protrude out and have a circular appearance.

Females will invert and have a more linear slit appearance.

Both have Dewlaps that are more prominent in ready to reproduce females.